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Jan. 2l, 1936.

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Patented Jan. 21, 1936 airs sr'r PATENT GFFIQE Oswald B. Carson, Scarsdale, N. Y., assignor to American Hard Rubber Company, New York,

7 Claims.

The invention relates to an improvement in combs, and more particularlyv inA hairdressing combs.

In the art of hairdressing, especially of womens hair, the hair is frequently arranged and set in a series of undulations or waves. To effect this style of coiffure it is usual to employ so-called wave lotions which are liquids, generally of the viscosity of a heavy oil. These liquids are of a sticky consistency which when dried out cause the hair to stiften or set and retain for an appreciable length of time, any Wave or curl that has been created by the individual user or operator; 'Ifhe wave lotion employed may be any one of several which are sold for this purpose. In the usual practice the user or operator dips a comb into a bottle, saucer or pan containing the lotion. A certain amount of the lotion adheres tothe surface-s of the comb and, by capillary attraction, is retained in the spaces between the teeth. The user then inserts the lotion-covered portion of the comb into several strands of hair, passes the comb through the hair so as to distribute the lotion evenly, again inserts the comb in the hair and moves the comb laterally to form the engaged strands into the desired offset or Wave. This process is repeated over the entire head to produce the neces- After the waves have thus been created and the desired coiffure attained the hair is held in place by a coarse hair net or by other suitable means and the lotion is allowed to dry or set.

To effect the proper set of the hair it is frequently necessary, with hairdressing combs as heretofore constructed, to dipthe comb in the lotion several times and re-apply the lotion covered portion of the comb to the same undulation or wave section, which not only is a waste of time and effort but sometimes results in an imperfect coiffure.

The object of the present invention is to produce a hairdressing comb of such construction that at each dip the comb will take up a larger amount of the wave lotion than would be taken up with the usual type of comb, so that with a single application thereof to one wave section or undulation of the hair, the comb may supply suiicent lotion to that section to set the wave. For the accomplishment of this object the invention consists in the improved hairdressing comb hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved hairdressing comb; Fig. 2 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale. of the middle section of the comb shown in Fig. l; Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections of the comb taken on the lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2, looking in the direct-lon of the arrows; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The improved hairdressing comb as illustrated in the drawing is shown in full side elevation in v10 Fig. l. In its general features the improved comb is of the same construction as the usual hairdressing comb and comprises a back or quill I9, a series of relatively coarse teeth Il, a, series of relatively ne teeth l2, and two heavy end or 315 guard teeth I3. The spaces l5 between thecoarse teeth ii are relatively wide and correspond generally to the thickness of the coarse teeth, and the spaces l@ between the ne teeth are relatively narrow and. correspond generally to the thickness of the ne teeth. By referring to Figs. 3 and 4, showing the comb in cross section, it will be seen that it is substantially wedge-shaped and that the inner ends or base portions il of the teeth ll and l2 join with the 25 tooth-supporting band i8 forming the rim of the beveled inner edge 59 of the comb back.

The features of construction which enable the improved comb to take up a substantial quantity of wave lotion at a single dip into the bottle to set an undulation or wave section of the hair comprise a recess or depression or a series of recesses or depressions in one or both sides of the comb back lil. These recesses serve as reservoirs and are adapted to receive and hold the a lotion and to feed or supply it to the spaces between the teeth l and l2. It will be understood that when the comb is lifted from the lotion bottle some lotion clings to the comb teeth as in the former type of hairdressing combs. The recesses or depressions in the back of the improved comb are deeper than the channels by which they drain into the spaces between the teeth and are of such capacity that they will pick up and supply to the hair the additional 5 amount of lotion necessary to cause, in many cases, the improved comb at a single dip into the lotion bottle to take up sufficient lotion to set a wave section at one operation. These lotionreceiving recesses or depressions may be of any contour and may communicate in any convenient way with the spaces between the comb teeth.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the lotion-receiving recesses are circular in outline with rounded bottoms and are indicated generally at 2D. Each side of the comb back is provided with a series of these recesses which are preferably all of the same size and spaced equally apart. Each recess is wider than the spaces between the comb teeth, and for this reason the recesses on one side of the comb back are arranged alternately or in staggered relation with the recesses on the other side of the comb back, so that all the spaces between the teeth may be supplied with lotion from the recesses. By reference to Fig. l, it will be seen that each recess 2l at the coarse-tooth end of the comb supplies only a single space I5 between two adjacent teeth l, and that each recess 2?. at the ne-tooth end of the comb supplies two spaces i6 between three adjacent teeth i2. The lotion flows from the recesses into the spaces i5 through the passageways or channels 2 formed in the tooth-supporting band i3, and the lotion flows from the recesses 22 into the spaces IS through the passageways or channels riihese channels or passageways are shallower than the recesses, and in order to empty the recesses while the comb is in use, it is necessary to tilt it slightly. The channels are formed by the inner ends or base portions i? of the teeth, that is to say, the point where the teeth overlie the band i8. As shown in Figs. 3 and fr, the base portions of the teeth are flush with the adjacent portions of the sides of the comb back it) and so with the rims of the recesses 2l and 22. Hence the lotion cannot escape from the recesses to the spaces between the teeth except through the appropriate channels. Sqince the recesses 2% supply two spaces it between the line teeth l2 the base portion of one ne tooth l2 will be located in the discharge opening of a recess, as indicated most clearly at 28 in Fig. 2.

The mode of operation of the improved hairdressing or wave-forming comb is exactly the same as that of the usual type oi wave-forming comb heretofore employed. With the improved wave-forming comb of the present invention, however, it is usually only necessary to dip the comb into the wave lotion a single time in order to take up enough lotion to set an undulation or wave section or" the hair, since when the wave lotion adhering to the teeth when the comb is lifted from the bottle is taken up by the hair, the recesses or reservoirs in the comb back will continue to drain into the spaces between the comb teeth until the lotion therein has also been taken up by the hair, and when this has been done suicient lotion will generally have been supplied to the hair to set therportion of the hair under treatment.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:-

l. A hairdressing comb of the character described comprising a back having on its inner edge a tooth-supporting band, and teeth extending outwardly from said band, the inner or base portions of said teeth overlapping the sides of said tooth-supporting band, the two sides of said Vcomb back being provided with a series of recesses of greater width than the width of the spaces between the comb teeth, the recesses on one side of the comb back being arranged in staggered relation with the recesses in the other side of the comb back, said tooth-supporting band having passageways leading from the recesses into the spaces between the comb teeth.

2. A hairdressing comb of the character described. comprising a back having on its inner edge a tooth-supporting band, and teeth extending outwardly from said band, said comb back having a series of recesses therein of greater width than the width of the spaces between the teeth, and said band having passageways leading from the recesses to the spaces beween the teeth.

3. A hairdressing comb of the character described comprising a back having on its inner edge a tooth-supporting band, and teeth extending outwardly from said band, said comb back having on its two sides a series of lotion-receiving recesses arranged in staggered relation, said band having passageways leading from the recesses to the spaces between the teeth.

Li. A vhairdressing comb of the character described comprising a back having on its inner edge a tooth-supporting band, and a series of teeth supported from the band, said back having on its two sides a series of lotion-receiving recesses, the recesses on one side of the back communicating with certain of the tooth spaces so as to supply thereto the lotion contained in said corresponding series of recesses, and the recessed on the other side of the back being arranged in staggered relation with the lirst series of recesses so as to supply lotion from the second series :of recesses to the remaining tooth spaces.

5. A .hairdressing comb of the character described comprising a back having on its inner edge a tooth-supporting band, and twoy series of teeth .supported from the band, one ser-ies of teeth being relatively coarse with correspondingly wide spaces between them, and the second series of teeth kbeing relatively fine with correspondingly narrow spaces between them, said back having on its two sides a series of lotion-receiving recesses, the recesses on one side of `the- `back being arranged in staggered relation with `the recesses on the yother side of the back, the

recesses on the two sides of the Vback at Athe coarse-teeth end of the comb communicating with alternating tooth spaces respectively, and the recesses on the two sides of the comb back at the ne-teeth end of the comb communicating with alternating groups of tooth spaces" respectively.

y6. A hairdressing comb of the Acharacter described comprising a back, and a series of teeth extending from said back, said back being provided with a series of lotion-receiving recesses" `of greater width than the width of spaces -between the teeth, channels communicating between said lotion-receiving recesses and the spaces between the teeth, `the depth of said recesses being greater than the depth of said communicating channels.

7. A hairdressing Ycomb or they character described comprising a back, a series of teeth -extending from said back, said back being provided with a series of lotion receiving recesses connected by channels extending from the lower portion of the recesses to the spaces between the adjacent teeth.

OSVJALD B. CARSON. 

